PlusAI was founded in Silicon Valley in 2016.

We are one of the first autonomous driving startup companies testing....

We focus on innovating and commercializing autonomous driving technology in
different verticals.

We aim to transform the future of intelligent logistics and
transportation.

Our Story

PlusAI was founded in 2016 by David Liu and Hao Zheng, who were classmates at Stanford twenty
years ago. After two years of rapid growth, PlusAI now is a multinational technology company
with R&D centers in Silicon Valley and China.

PlusAI specializes in developing full-stack self-driving technology to enable large scale
autonomous commercial fleets. We began conducting daily tests on both urban and highway public
roads early on, and became one of the leading companies in autonomously driven miles in
California. We are also focused on building strong strategic partnerships with large truck OEMs
and transportation providers, since we believe these partnership are critical for successfully
deploying self-driving technology at scale.

To build an autonomous truck that is safer than a human driver requires the very best minds.
Working towards that goal, we have assembled a team of world class technologists from top
companies and universities, and empowered them to create innovative products. We believe through
hard work, tenacity, and a lot of creativity, we will build an autonomous truck fleet that
changes the world.

Journey

2016.11

Built the first on-road prototype and conducted autonomous driving tests in closed
venues

2017.3

Obtained California Autonomous Vehicle Testing License

2017.6

Tested L4 capability robo-vehicle in urban area of Silicon Valley

2018.1

Autonomously traveled 1,140 miles between SF and Vegas

2018.4

Showcased first operational autonomous truck in Tsingtao Port

2018.5

Completed hub-to-hub L4 driverless test with Suning

2018.10

Started pilot autonomous trucking operation in California

Our People

Our team consists of world-class engineers, equipped with extensive strategic
vision, as well as rich experiences in technology innovation and commercialization. 80% of our
people graduated from top-5 engineering schools in the US and China. Backed by top-tier investors
and partners, we are attracting top talent in artificial intelligence, deep learning, and
large-scale system engineering to join us in China and the US.

David Liu, CEO

David is an entrepreneur passionate about creating technology-driven
products. Previously,
David has built three successful companies in RedAtoms, RMG Networks, and InformLink. He
started his career at Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, and later McKinsey. David holds a
PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Hao Zheng, CTO

Before co-founding PlusAI, Hao founded and sold two technology
startup companies. Hao is a
distinguished technology leader in Silicon Valley. He was the senior director of engineering
and lead architect for Yahoo’s mobile search efforts. Hao has also served as the head of
Yahoo’s Beijing Research Lab, and CTO for Zynga Asia. Hao received a master’s degree in
computer science and electrical engineering from University of Wisconsin. He also attended
the Ph.D. program in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University.

Tim Daly, Chief Architect

Tim has 15 years of technical leadership experience in challenging domains including AI, web
search, machine learning, distributed computing, and compiler design. His work includes the
web search architecture and machine learned ranking system of the third largest search
engine in the world, significant open source contributions to cloud infrastructure and
programming languages, a best paper award at KDD, as well as 14 patents in self-driving
technology over the past year, and a new state-of-the-art self driving system for PlusAI
using deep learning and advanced AI techniques.

Shawn Kerrigan, VP Engineering

Shawn has had a career spanning technology and business. After
graduating from Stanford with
a PhD
in engineering, Shawn worked at McKinsey and Bridgewater for six years before he decided to
refocus on technology work. He went on to build Locus Energy, a leading solar PV performance
monitoring and data analytics provider. As CTO for Locus Energy, Shawn led all hardware and
software development, co-authored twenty patent applications, and had a successful exit
through acquisition by a British conglomerate.

Our Offices

We are passionate about reaching a global audience and having a global impact. That is
why we have built offices and truck fleets in both the US and China.